How can a great freelance writer make your hard work shine? Consider one of my favorite writing assignments. Tell me how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. The worst answer is “you put some peanut butter and jelly on bread.” Where do you get peanut butter? Where do you get jelly? What kind of bread? How… Read more »
Social Media
Do you make this common email mistake?
(The emails below are completely fictionalized and do not at all represent a real thing that happened to me or anyone I know about a year ago. I did change names to protect the privacy of the people this didn’t happen to.) Sent: July 1, 2010 To: Employee, Quicktyper From: Judgmental, Boss Subject: Important Creative… Read more »
The Best Fitness Advice for your Social Media Strategy
If you don’t already go running, walking, lift weights, or some other kind of physical activity to increase your creativity and productivity, stop reading now and do 50 push-ups. If it takes you all day, so be it. Get it done. During my most recent run, I realized that the best fitness advice is also… Read more »
Do You Take Twitter Seriously? I do!
I read my Twitter feed several times every day. I read it for humorous tweets, tweets about what my friends are doing and tweets from business, political or social leaders that interest me. I don’t read the newspaper everyday. I don’t read a magazine everyday. I don’t even watch television everyday. But I read Twitter… Read more »